Open Qualitative Research (Taguette)


Level: Introductory Status: Alpha

The Carpentries Alpha Stage

A full draft exists and is being piloted by the original developers. Gaps or inconsistencies may still be present.
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About this Lesson

Familiarizes learners with the application of open science principles to qualitative research. Focuses on documents or transcribed text in a variety of data formats and working with secondary qualitative data.

Learning Objectives

  • Work with secondary qualitative data from the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR).
  • Use the free software Taguette for qualitative analysis.
  • Discuss options and limitations for open research with proprietary qualitative analysis packages.
  • Understand options for sharing source data and coded analysis projects.

Keywords

qualitative researchopen sciencetaguetteQDR

Workshop History

Date Location Format Instructor
4/3/2025 Co-taught Workshop Co-taught Pilot Sebastian Karcher
4/1/2025 External Pilot Pilot Authors

Recognition & Impact

JeSLIB Article Accepted

A peer-reviewed article describing this curriculum was accepted for publication in the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB).

Help Improve this Curriculum

This lesson is currently in the Alpha phase. The authors are currently piloting this draft. You can help by reviewing the materials and reporting any bugs or areas for improvement.


For more on how to run a pilot, visit The Carpentries Handbook.

Instructor Specs
  • Duration: 90m - 3h (estimated)
  • Level: Introductory
  • License: CC-BY 4.0
Cite this Lesson

APA Format:

Porter, N. (2025). Open Qualitative Research (Taguette). UCLA IMLS Open Science. https://ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lessons/open-qualitative-research-taguette

BibTeX:

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@misc{open_qualitative_research_taguette_2025,
  author = {Nathaniel Porter},
  title = {Open Qualitative Research (Taguette)},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {UCLA IMLS Open Science},
  url = {https://ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lessons/open-qualitative-research-taguette}
}

Authors

Nathaniel Porter
Nathaniel Porter
Social Science Data Consultant, Virginia Tech